Nationwide theatrical wide release-Dec 2016
2016 Christian Film of the Year
-The Christian Film Review
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"Believe" - feature film
Distributor: Sony Pictures Overbook Entertainment Smith Global Media Starring Ryan O'Quinn Shawnee Smith Danielle Nicolet Theatres Nationwide - Dec 2016 Press Release:
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Best known to comedy audiences from various sit-coms, viral videos and standup venues, O'Quinn delivers a powerful career-making turn as the lead in the film. His standout performance of an every man type...is not to be missed.
-The Huffington Post
O'Quinn's range of emotion along with solid, natural delivery proves that he can carry a film regardless of genre.
-The Good Men Project
Other recent earned media from the film and recent news can be found at:
RyanOQuinn.com/News
RyanOQuinn.com/News
Just wrapped
"Youth Group" - Feature film
Producer / actor
Donald Faison, Joey Fatone, Ryan O'Quinn, Erin Cahill, Stephen Baldwin, Michael Monks
1st of slate of 4 features with producer Mike Lindell
Producer / actor
Donald Faison, Joey Fatone, Ryan O'Quinn, Erin Cahill, Stephen Baldwin, Michael Monks
1st of slate of 4 features with producer Mike Lindell
"Prison Logic" - Feature film
Actor
Co-starring with Romany Malco, Regina King
Actor
Co-starring with Romany Malco, Regina King
"Betrayed" - series for ID Network
*Plays Detective "Red" Armstrong
*Plays Detective "Red" Armstrong
Upcoming Timeline
Feb 2018
"Desolate Beauty" - Feature Film
Greenlit for a Spring 2019 theatrical release.
Based on book by Trudy Adams
-Producer, Actor
Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Ryan O'Quinn, Mira Sorvino
At Seventeen, Elisabeth Hunter has more than enough to worry about in surviving her unstable mother, her final year of school and some unsettling dreams without Jill Waters deciding to be her friend as well. Jill, always cheerful, is determined to find the real Elisabeth behind the stubborn front, while Elisabeth is trying to make decisions about her family, beliefs and love-life.
With help from her rugged father and gentle aunt, she goes from the city to a drought-stricken farm and back again in search for something she’s not sure is worth fighting for. Soon she will see that to find and keep the things most important to her, she will have to make huge sacrifices, leave those she loves and go through fire.
Greenlit for a Spring 2019 theatrical release.
Based on book by Trudy Adams
-Producer, Actor
Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Ryan O'Quinn, Mira Sorvino
At Seventeen, Elisabeth Hunter has more than enough to worry about in surviving her unstable mother, her final year of school and some unsettling dreams without Jill Waters deciding to be her friend as well. Jill, always cheerful, is determined to find the real Elisabeth behind the stubborn front, while Elisabeth is trying to make decisions about her family, beliefs and love-life.
With help from her rugged father and gentle aunt, she goes from the city to a drought-stricken farm and back again in search for something she’s not sure is worth fighting for. Soon she will see that to find and keep the things most important to her, she will have to make huge sacrifices, leave those she loves and go through fire.
Fall 2017
Three Back to back films:
"The Untitled Oklahoma Salsa Project"
Produced by: Marc Cherry, Eva Longoria, Hernany Perla
The Clearing - with Liam McIntyre
Produced by Mark Sayre, Larry Nealy
Killabong: The Legend of the Drop Bears
"The Killabong: Legend of the Drop Bears" - Comedy feature
Writer/Director: Simon Bell
Producer: Louise Lovegrove
Stars comedian Monty Franklin
Shoots @ Heliport Studios in Brisbane Australia
Three Back to back films:
"The Untitled Oklahoma Salsa Project"
Produced by: Marc Cherry, Eva Longoria, Hernany Perla
The Clearing - with Liam McIntyre
Produced by Mark Sayre, Larry Nealy
Killabong: The Legend of the Drop Bears
"The Killabong: Legend of the Drop Bears" - Comedy feature
Writer/Director: Simon Bell
Producer: Louise Lovegrove
Stars comedian Monty Franklin
Shoots @ Heliport Studios in Brisbane Australia
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April 2018
"An American Game" - feature baseball film set in Civil War Producing/Acting - (4th billing) SCRIPT LINK
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An American Game
“Just as war tore our country apart, One game brought it back together.” The year is 1865 and the battered United States looks with hopeful expectation towards the end of the Civil War, only months away. A young officer, Nathan Wheatley, is given command of a Union regiment tasked with the mission of wrestling a secluded bridge from a heavily defended rebel outpost. Realizing that his orders are at best a political move, and at worst, a suicide mission, Nathan decides to take matters into his own hands. As fate would have it, the Confederates are commanded by Jackson Sinclaire, a childhood friend of Nathan’s who wound up fighting for the enemy when the winds of war moved them onto opposing sides. Under a white flag, Nathan approaches his old friend and offers an alternative to the mass grave staring them all in the face. Nathan proposes rather than charging headlong into the jaws of death, both sides should lay down their weapons and pick up a ball and glove. Instead of fighting, the soldiers should battle on the field of play, over a game of the newly introduced pastime of baseball, winner takes the bridge. What seems like an easy solution, proves more difficult as Nathan realizes that the sport is so new that almost no soldiers from either side have even heard of it, let alone have any real experience with the game. Both leaders must teach their soldiers the fundamentals of baseball while trying to conceal their wager from their respective regional commands. Nathan must fight for his men, and for the integrity of the sport he has come to love, while battling to keep the war raging all around them from cutting the game and their lives far too short. |
July 2018
Resolve
In April 1942, thousands of U.S. soldiers surrendered as the Philippines' island of Luzon fell to the Japanese. A few hundred Americans placed their fate in their own hands and headed for the jungles. One of them was a twenty-three-year-old Army Air Force communications officer who had never even camped before.
WWII Feature based on the book by Bob Welch
Shooting in Philippines and Australia
Ryan owns the option
In April 1942, thousands of U.S. soldiers surrendered as the Philippines' island of Luzon fell to the Japanese. A few hundred Americans placed their fate in their own hands and headed for the jungles. One of them was a twenty-three-year-old Army Air Force communications officer who had never even camped before.
WWII Feature based on the book by Bob Welch
Shooting in Philippines and Australia
Ryan owns the option
Recent Past Highights
October 2016
Optioned "Untitled Comedy Follow Doc"
*Signed Option/Hold Agreement with Red Arrow Industries
TruTV responded to the sizzle. Looking for original comedy content following the rebrand.
CMT also came to table. Their current mandate is "family-friendly content with YouTube/social media influencers."
Optioned "Untitled Comedy Follow Doc"
*Signed Option/Hold Agreement with Red Arrow Industries
TruTV responded to the sizzle. Looking for original comedy content following the rebrand.
CMT also came to table. Their current mandate is "family-friendly content with YouTube/social media influencers."
Comedy Pilot
"House Arrest" - multiple episodes
22 min single-camera sitcom
Originally filmed as "Dad Dudes" pilot
Ryan O'Quinn
Jerry Mathers
Tracy Melchior
Todd Wilkerson
-PureFlix streaming interested in 13 turnkey episodes
-Freeform, TBS, TVLand, UP Network, and Feel'n also interested
22 min single-camera sitcom
Originally filmed as "Dad Dudes" pilot
Ryan O'Quinn
Jerry Mathers
Tracy Melchior
Todd Wilkerson
-PureFlix streaming interested in 13 turnkey episodes
-Freeform, TBS, TVLand, UP Network, and Feel'n also interested
Dad Dudes Official Teaser from doulosmedia on Vimeo.
password: origami
July 2016
Ryan named Brand Ambassador for "Hoops for Hope" Chick-Fil-A campaign and "Waffle Wednesday" promo |
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In Development
"Prime Time Live with Ryan O'Quinn" 44 minute talk show for JUCEtv Pilot has been greeenlit by network and first 2 episode are to be taped with studio audience PITCH DECK for series |
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Ryan's books
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Parenting Rules! The Hilarious Handbook for Surviving Parenthood became an Amazon bestseller within the first two weeks of release. It was:
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Marriage Rules! The Hilarious Handbook for Surviving Marriage was released in December 2015 and broke the top 100 book sales in its category on Amazon the first week of release. RyanOQuinnBooks.com AMAZON Author Page LifeWay, Broadstreet Publishing, Broadman & Holman and Harper Collins (Thomas Nelson imprint) have asked about next book. Ryan has not yet agreed to any |
Damascus Road Productions, Inc.
Ryan founded and owns 1/3 of a production company that produces features, commercial and web content.
First video went viral in 2014 and clients include:
Mattel
Welch's
Date Night Comedy
and many others...
Named top video of the year (RudeTube - UK -2014)
"Top 25 Parents Who Made Us Laugh This Year (BuzzFeed)"
"Most Accurate Parody Video of all Time " (Break.com)
*Ryan was keynote speaker at Chief Marketing Officer's Summit for top 250 CMOs for major corporations
**Currently contracting with TOPPS playing cards to shoot campaign for Star Wars trading cards - Q4 2017 to coincide with film release.
-Over 500K weekly reach on FB
-shot comedy pilot (above) with same cast
-option signed for follow doc comedy series
Ryan founded and owns 1/3 of a production company that produces features, commercial and web content.
First video went viral in 2014 and clients include:
Mattel
Welch's
Date Night Comedy
and many others...
Named top video of the year (RudeTube - UK -2014)
"Top 25 Parents Who Made Us Laugh This Year (BuzzFeed)"
"Most Accurate Parody Video of all Time " (Break.com)
*Ryan was keynote speaker at Chief Marketing Officer's Summit for top 250 CMOs for major corporations
**Currently contracting with TOPPS playing cards to shoot campaign for Star Wars trading cards - Q4 2017 to coincide with film release.
-Over 500K weekly reach on FB
-shot comedy pilot (above) with same cast
-option signed for follow doc comedy series
A sampling of DadDudes videos
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Ryan named brand ambassador for Hello Airtime. Partners with Circle from Disney so parents can manage content across devices.
Date Night Comedy Tour Headliner
Multiple dates around USA
Multiple dates around USA
In the Works
"The Stokes Family Adventures" - Animated Series
Producer, Co-Writer
Tony Hale (attached)
*Background:
The Faraday Institute of Cambridge University is backing and overseeing the project. The Templeton Foundation is funding $2 million. Bento Box (Bob’s Burgers, The Awesomes) is signed on to do animation as well as web and app distribution and games. Gotham Group, the leading animation talent management company is helping with production and assembling talent.
Synopsis:
A half-hour animated comedic adventure series. This family of scientists works together to battle their adversary, the greedy and short-sighted Moulin. The faith of the Stokes family inspires both their curiosity in science and their desire to help their world.
Doctors Katie and Garret Stokes (Mom and Dad) have no trouble synthesizing their faith and their pursuit of scientific endeavors. The twins, Em and Jasper, are far from identical. In fact, they often butt heads. In every episode they struggle to understand a new question that stands at the intersection of faith and science but they are encouraged never to shy away from asking questions, and in the safe environment of their family, they discover amazing things as they work together to save the world from ruin.
Producer, Co-Writer
Tony Hale (attached)
*Background:
The Faraday Institute of Cambridge University is backing and overseeing the project. The Templeton Foundation is funding $2 million. Bento Box (Bob’s Burgers, The Awesomes) is signed on to do animation as well as web and app distribution and games. Gotham Group, the leading animation talent management company is helping with production and assembling talent.
Synopsis:
A half-hour animated comedic adventure series. This family of scientists works together to battle their adversary, the greedy and short-sighted Moulin. The faith of the Stokes family inspires both their curiosity in science and their desire to help their world.
Doctors Katie and Garret Stokes (Mom and Dad) have no trouble synthesizing their faith and their pursuit of scientific endeavors. The twins, Em and Jasper, are far from identical. In fact, they often butt heads. In every episode they struggle to understand a new question that stands at the intersection of faith and science but they are encouraged never to shy away from asking questions, and in the safe environment of their family, they discover amazing things as they work together to save the world from ruin.
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*Screen Australia and Screen Queensland have attached as partners and offered incentive rebates. -Letter on file
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"National Treasure" meets "Vacation"
A family is unwittingly roped into an international drug cartel and must work together to solve various riddles, puzzles and trivia while on vacation in Costa Rica. |
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"The Star" - family feature
Producer, Actor EPs are David Alan Johnson, Steve McBeth @ Salt Entertainment Group Based on scientific research paper and book by the same name that proves Bethlehem Star was a real phenomenon. |
"Symphony" - International TV Pilot revolves around Sydney Opera House
Kelsey Grammer (rumored)
Bill Missett, Steve Stubbs and Deborah Moore are producing
Kelsey Grammer (rumored)
Bill Missett, Steve Stubbs and Deborah Moore are producing
Wal-Mart - Family Movie Night Initiatve
Producer, Actor
Working with Ben Simon, Rick Schirmer and Tim Popadic on Wal-Mart's family entertainment package. Partial interview/overview below describing the project when they launched:
Is there really a demand for uplifting family entertainment on television? Some major advertisers like Walmart and P&G seem to think so. As part of their effort to bring more high-quality entertainment to families these two companies are sponsoring their Family Movie Night Initiative.
Mike Parker – So, what exactly is a Director of Brand Marketing, and why are you involved in television programming?
Ben Simon – I am responsible for Walmart's family entertainment programming. We want to support entertainment that brings the entire family together. There is a real sense of concern about the lack of programming that the whole family can enjoy together. Moms in particular are frustrated with having to reach for the remote every time an scene or commercial comes on that may be a little to adult in the middle of a show that is supposed to be appropriate for the whole family.
Parker – Tell me about the Family Movie Night Initiative.
Simon – Last year we launched a campaign called Family Moment. It is designed to help families come together through family entertainment. We have a number of advertising partners who join with us on this. Our research tells us that moms want the opportunity to act as a nurturer for their families, and sitting down as a family to watch great entertainment can help them do that. They don't want entertainment that is so cartoonish that adults don't want to watch it, but they didn't want spinach programming either, you know, stuff you don't like but you watch it because you feel like it is supposed to be good for you.
Producer, Actor
Working with Ben Simon, Rick Schirmer and Tim Popadic on Wal-Mart's family entertainment package. Partial interview/overview below describing the project when they launched:
Is there really a demand for uplifting family entertainment on television? Some major advertisers like Walmart and P&G seem to think so. As part of their effort to bring more high-quality entertainment to families these two companies are sponsoring their Family Movie Night Initiative.
Mike Parker – So, what exactly is a Director of Brand Marketing, and why are you involved in television programming?
Ben Simon – I am responsible for Walmart's family entertainment programming. We want to support entertainment that brings the entire family together. There is a real sense of concern about the lack of programming that the whole family can enjoy together. Moms in particular are frustrated with having to reach for the remote every time an scene or commercial comes on that may be a little to adult in the middle of a show that is supposed to be appropriate for the whole family.
Parker – Tell me about the Family Movie Night Initiative.
Simon – Last year we launched a campaign called Family Moment. It is designed to help families come together through family entertainment. We have a number of advertising partners who join with us on this. Our research tells us that moms want the opportunity to act as a nurturer for their families, and sitting down as a family to watch great entertainment can help them do that. They don't want entertainment that is so cartoonish that adults don't want to watch it, but they didn't want spinach programming either, you know, stuff you don't like but you watch it because you feel like it is supposed to be good for you.
Feature with Dean Holland (The Office, Parks and Rec, Brooklyn Nine Nine...)
Producer, Writer
Story of 2 women who write a letter to their future selves while in college outlining where they want to be in 20 years.
At age 40 they discover the letters and reconnect on a comedy adventure to complete the bucket list.
STX pitched
Donald Deline producing
Producer, Writer
Story of 2 women who write a letter to their future selves while in college outlining where they want to be in 20 years.
At age 40 they discover the letters and reconnect on a comedy adventure to complete the bucket list.
STX pitched
Donald Deline producing
Feature 2 with Dean Holland
Co-Writer
Story of a man who is stopped by a "crazy" proselytizing street preacher and told he will die before his 9th birthday. He laughs it off because he's 24. Years later at age 35 he is on his way to the hospital with his pregnant wife and they are in a car accident. He wakes up and realizes he temporarily died on the table but came back. His birthday is Feb 29, leap year. He technically died the day before his 9th birthday. Forces him to reevaluate life.
Co-Writer
Story of a man who is stopped by a "crazy" proselytizing street preacher and told he will die before his 9th birthday. He laughs it off because he's 24. Years later at age 35 he is on his way to the hospital with his pregnant wife and they are in a car accident. He wakes up and realizes he temporarily died on the table but came back. His birthday is Feb 29, leap year. He technically died the day before his 9th birthday. Forces him to reevaluate life.
Pilot script with Dean Holland
22 min single-camera sitcom
Co-creator
An off-the-grid intellectual author decides to home school his daughter in the woods. Other parents send their kids to the school in the woods.
22 min single-camera sitcom
Co-creator
An off-the-grid intellectual author decides to home school his daughter in the woods. Other parents send their kids to the school in the woods.
Pilot script with Renee Echevarria
Co-Writer
Episodic about the inner-workings of a mega church as we follow the weekly worship leaders on the platform to see what their lives are like Monday through Saturday. Each episode contains original music a la Nashville. Not a church series, but a drama that happens to be in the setting of a large church.
Co-Writer
Episodic about the inner-workings of a mega church as we follow the weekly worship leaders on the platform to see what their lives are like Monday through Saturday. Each episode contains original music a la Nashville. Not a church series, but a drama that happens to be in the setting of a large church.
Golf comedy feature
Produced by Kevin Nicewonder, possibly Robert Deaton, Greg Ham and Michael W Smith
Comedy ensemble about a golf course that relies on inept siblings to save the family business.
Produced by Kevin Nicewonder, possibly Robert Deaton, Greg Ham and Michael W Smith
Comedy ensemble about a golf course that relies on inept siblings to save the family business.